Blog - /blog/2014/04/07/tax-day-pictures/
April 8, 2014 - The average American taxpayer paid $11,715 in income taxes in 2013. Here's 13 surprising charts that show how the federal government spent those tax dollars.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/fiscal-year-2015-pentagon-budget-analysis/
April 7, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines the new budget proposal for the Department of Defense.
Blog - /blog/2014/04/02/comparing-competing-visions-federal-budget/
April 2, 2014 - Yesterday NPP released its fourth annual, one-of-a-kind Competing Visions analysis, which compares the president’s budget proposal to two significantly different alternatives.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/budget-proposals-2015/
April 1, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Video - /videos/2014/3/26/united-states-federal-budget-military-security-spending/
March 26, 2014 - ...Military spending will account for 16 percent of overall federal spending in 2015. Meanwhile, U.S. military expenditures are greater than military spending of the next 10 largest countries combined. ...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/25/where-did-my-tax-dollars-go-tax-day-2014/
March 25, 2014 - It's that time of year. Taxes are due on April 15. But where do our tax dollars actually go? Here's the answer.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/federal-spending-your-state-2013-2015/
March 24, 2014 - Funding by state for select federal programs including Head Start, Special Education, and Medicaid.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/24/Pentagon-sequester-short-lived/
March 24, 2014 - Sequester savings are being clawed back--and defense contractors are having a party.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/presidents-2015-budget-in-pictures/
March 19, 2014 - President Obama recently released his 2015 budget proposal. And budgets are about priorities: What we’re going to spend money on, and how we’re going to raise the money that we’...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/19/presidents-budget-pictures/
March 19, 2014 - Today we released The President's 2015 Budget in Pictures, a series of colorful charts telling the story of the priorities in the president's budget.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/presidents-2015-budget-in-pictures/military-and-non-military-discretionary-spending/
March 19, 2014 - ...military and non-military discretionary spending has changed over time. Military spending accounts for 55 percent of the president’s 2015 discretionary budget proposal, while non-military spendi...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/17/whats-president-obamas-2015-budget-and-why-should-we-care/
March 17, 2014 - After getting through Congress, the final version of the budget will likely look very different from this initial blueprint; but the changes legislators make should reflect your priorities, not their ...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/notes-sources/
March 14, 2014 - ...Military National defense, nuclear weapons activities, war costs, and international security assistance. Subfunctions: 051, 053, 054, 152 Example programs: Weapons acquisition Military operatio...
Video - /videos/2014/3/14/connecting-point-nobel-peace-prize-nomination/
March 14, 2014 - ...Military & Security
Blog - /blog/2014/03/06/pentagons-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - ...Military Avoided Budget Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Then Asked for Billions More
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/pentagon-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - ...military -- a bureaucratic juggernaut accounting for 57% of the federal discretionary budget and nearly 40% of all military spending on this planet -- shows that such claims have been largely fictiona...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/breaking-budget-straitjacket/
March 6, 2014 - ...military. But the continued growth in Pentagon spending has already choked off domestic initiatives, and this will get worse if wasteful spending is not checked. The President proposes ending the har...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/05/how-would-you-spend-trillion/
March 5, 2014 - Here are the five things you absolutely need to know about President Obama's proposal to spend $3.9 trillion in 2015
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/05/Top-Five-Obama-Budget/
March 5, 2014 - ...military. Here are the top five things to know about Obama's budget: 1. Increases Military Spending Excluding war costs, the budget contains $549 billion for military programs, a more than 5 percen...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.
